Trolley-pole wheel.



J. F. TRUST.

TROLLEY POLE WHE 0.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-3. I916.

1,220,800. Pat'enmd Mar. 27,1912

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To all whom zt may concern:

Be, it known that l, Jonx F. Tnus'r, a citizen of the'United States, residing at Ilagerstown, in the county of \Vashington and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trolley-Pole Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved trolley pole and has among its important objects, the provision of an improved means whereby the trolley wireis prevented from disengaging the pole during travel ol the car and especially when rounding curves or traveling on an incline; to provide. a novel form of means to detachably mount the trolley wheel; to provide a novel means to permit swaying of the pole. without d sodging the wire, and to provide the novel improved and simplified specific construction hereinafter described and illustrated in accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a fragmentary side elevation of a trolley role involving my improvements; Fig. 2 is a. side elevation of the parts of Fig. 1, and Fig. this a cross sectional "view takensubstantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Referring specifically to the drawings. 1

designates an ordinary pulc,'for iustance,

one constructed of wood as usual. .\s my improvement, two similar plates or strips A are provided being preferably riveted or otherwise connected togethe "at :3 so as to provide a yielding portion. At one end the plates 2 are eoncavely formed to provide a thimble at 3 to receive the up )er end of the pole 1. The sections of thim le 3 preferably have lugs 4 integral therewith and riveted or otherwise. fastenedtogethe' at Atthe other end, arms A' are formed into bearings 6 separated from each other by outwardly deflected portions 7. Hearings (3, at their free ,ends, are dellectedlinwardly at 8 so as to have. less space between them than the diameter of the trolley wire which is shown att). The trolley wheel is shown at 10 disposed intermediate the bearings and .with a shaft 11--thereof..disposed in substantially arcuate slots 11' provided in the bearings. With my construction, the ntermediate Specification of Letters Patent.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. TRUST, OI HAGERS TOWN, MARYLAND.

TROLLEY-POLE WHEEL.

I 'atented Mar. 27, 1917.

Application fild,A\lgt1St 3, 1916. Serial No. 113 007.

portions of arms A joined by the rivets 2 enable movement of the wheel 10 relatively to the pole l, or in otherwortls, swaying, of the wheel with the wire 9 without detachment therefronn Further, the slots 11 removably mount'the wheel 10 at its Siltlft l1 and due to the inward deflection 3f the bearings at S, the wheel is mounted against accidental detachment. llowever, :he bearings may be spread by a suitable instrument to facilitate insertion or removal of the wheel 10 and wire 9. Further, the detected portions 8 prevent accidental dist-11g: gcment of the wire 9 from the wheel 10 am from the trolley pole.

l t desired. a bolt 12 may be passed through the. thimble pole 3 and pole 1 Also other changes in the details of construction may be resorted to 'ltllll the spirit and scope of the invention as d elined by appended claims.

I claim;

1. ln eombinat on with a trolleyrpole. a supplemental polt device comprising a plurality of plates, neans to connect the plates intermediate their ends to provide a laterally yicldable portion. said plates adjacent one end forming a thimble receiving said pole. and said plates adjacent their other ends being yield: ble relatively, a 'trolley' wheel iutermediaie said plates. mains of said plates removahlysuppm'ting said wheel. and one of said plates being dellected inwardly to prevent accidental displacement of said wheel.

2. trolley [)1 le having a plurality of bearings. said lltil rings being dellcctcd outwardly to 'provide a space. each of'said bearings being yieldaole relatively and having JOHN F. TRUST- Witnesses:

C. L. BURGISSER, JonN D. Truman. 

